Anglesey Airport

Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of , Wales, which is also used as Anglesey Airport.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force training station on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales
  • Also known as: “RAF Valley”, “RAF Valley - Anglesey Airport”, and “Royal Air Force Valley”
  • Address: Valley, Holyhead, LL65 3NY

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhosneigr railway station and Llyn Traffwll.

Railway station
Photo: Ansbaradigeidfran, Public domain.
serves the village of on the Isle of , off the coast of north . The unstaffed station is managed by Transport for Wales Rail, who also operate all trains that serve it.

Lake
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 91 acre natural lake located, in , . Located midway between the villages of and it lies less than a kilometre south of the A55 North Wales Expressway.

Lake
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is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn and Rhosneigr.

Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , in north-west Wales. The church in the village, St Mihangel's, is a Grade II listed building and is the chapel for the nearby airbase, RAF Valley. It is in the community of …

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is a village in the county of in . It has less than 750 residents but is popular with visitors for its sandy beaches on the Anglesey coast, local bird life and idyllic countryside views.

Village
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is a village on island, north-west Wales. It is in the community of and has a population of 355. The name derives from Welsh, and is a combination of Caer, meaning 'castle' or 'fort', and ceiliog, meaning 'cockerel'.

Anglesey Airport

Latitude
53.24808° or 53° 14′ 53″ north
Longitude
-4.53358° or 4° 32′ 1″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Operator
Bilfinger Europa
IATA airport code
VLY
ICAO airport code
EGOV
United Nations Location Code
GB VLY
Open location code
9C5Q6FX8+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 367105666
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296618
Wiki­data ID
Q3194324
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Anglesey Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راف ولي”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Valley”
  • Chinese: “皇家空軍峽谷”
  • Chinese: “華利皇家空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “RAFヴァリー”
  • Japanese: “ヴァリー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “バレー基地”
  • Japanese: “バレー空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Valley”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Valley”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی ولی”
  • Swedish: “RAF Valley”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Valley”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате вли”
  • Welsh: “Llu Awyr Brenhinol y Fali”
  • Welsh: “RAF Valley”
  • Welsh: “RAF y Fali - Maes Awyr Môn”
  • Welsh: “RAF y Fali”

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